Category Archives: religion

religion quiz

10 Sunday Sep 2006

Posted by in quizzes, religion

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Which religion is right for you?

Take the quiz and find out! Apparently I’m agnostic. I used to think that agnostics were namby-pamby fence sitters who just couldn’t make up their minds. But after listening to the likes of Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie on that wonderful Bill Moyers series Faith and Reason also refer to themselves as agnostics (rather than atheists) I guess I don’t mind keeping company with them.

I’ve never considered myself an atheist anyhow, maybe some sort of pantheist … later on someone on h2g2 coined the term ‘aztheist’ which I rather liked. 😉

Anyhow, just a bit of fun …

pope on the ropes?

28 Monday Aug 2006

Posted by in life stuff, media, musings, religion

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noodly-appendage.JPG Pope prepares to embrace theory of intelligent design

After having had the recent pleasure of seeing the latest Bill Moyer’s series on Faith and Reason, it’s a bit shocking to be brought back into so-called REALITY where people are not nearly as enlightened. Nor as thoughtful, as intelligent, as reasonable.

Will the Pope now be condemning the teaching of evolutionary theory in the same manner that the Holy Roman Church lies to their flock about the effective use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS in third world countries? And possibly more importantly, is the Vatican getting into bed with fundamentalist right wing American extremists?

Why would the Pope want or need to do this? Does he feel the power of the Vatican is slipping?

faith & reason

17 Thursday Aug 2006

Posted by in life stuff, media, religion

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moyers.jpg A very powerful and challenging series.

Click on header link to see title. And click here to see how to watch and listen.

Bill Moyers has always been kind of a personal hero of mine. If you get a chance to watch any of the programmes (or have already seen them) I’d be interested to know what you thought of them.

what’s new?

27 Thursday Jul 2006

Posted by in culture, humour, life stuff, media, politics, rants, religion, weird

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Read any unusual news stories lately?

As I don’t get much time to read the papers these days I find I often miss those ‘little gems’ that don’t make front page news but are often more interesting.

So I thought this would be a good place to share those ones we come across.

*Note – my comments are set to accept up to two links. If you want to post more than two then please start another comment.

corpus cristi

15 Thursday Jun 2006

Posted by in culture, holidays, photos, religion, sevilla

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Today is a public holiday in Sevilla, one of the few places in Spain that celebrates Corpus Cristi. And as usual the Sevillanos do it up big time. Arches are built in the town hall square, altars are constructed, balconies and shop windows are decorated (there’s even a competion for this) and the night before the procession route is strewn with sprigs of rosemary and rose petals.

All for one rather boring procession that lasts about an hour.

However, what is lovely is to get up early and walk the route before the procession starts. The rosemary is still fresh on the ground, there aren’t many people about and you can see all the displays and decorations before going for a fab brekky once the procession has started and the crowds have moved from the bars to the streets.

We got out a bit late this morning and the procession had already started, but we got ahead of it and managed to take some photos, which you can see below. The window display ones are a bit wonky because of the reflections – and you can usually make out Nog and me as ghostly shadows in amongst the holy relics, loaves of bread and bunches of grapes. I just wish there was a way to transport the gorgeous fragrance of freshly crushed rosemary in the cool morning air . . .

Corpus Cristi photos